Dar Al Gani 999 Location 19° 18.15’ N 54° 33.3’ E
Libya
Find 11 December 2002
Ureilite
Numerous fragments totalling 2106 g were found in the sand desert of Dar al Gani.
Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz, Kurz):
a fragmental breccia with mineral and lithic clasts set into a ureilitic matrix dominated by large olivines;
olivine core, Fa14.3–23.5; reduced olivine rims, Fa2.9–13.5; mineral clasts are pigeonite, Fs14.3Wo8.5 and orthopyroxene,
Fs9.3; lithic clasts consist of fine-grained olivine (Fa22) and pyroxene (Fs19.3Wo4.5) rich material; shock stage, S3;
low degree of weathering. |